Baker & McKenzie announced today that it advised Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, a.s. (CSOB) on the transfer to the Czech Consolidation Agency (CKA) of shares in foreign fund structures established by the former Investicni a Postovni banka, a.s. (IPB) for a purchase price exceeding €1.6 billion. CSOB acquired the assets and liabilities of IPB in June […]

Aside from the Holocaust litigation that took place in the 1990s and some of which still continues;one thing still rings true in the simplest of terms; there were policies purchased, there were deaths, and there should have been payments. Only until recently have insurers begun to acknowledge the existence of policies, and still they continue

Linklaters has acted for Southern Water Services Limited (SWS) and its majority shareholder, Royal Bank Investments Limited (RBIL), the private equity arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland group, on its £1.9 billion whole business securitisation. The securitisation was co-arranged by The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Citigroup. To date, Linklaters has acted in

An intellectual property litigation legal team from McDermott, Will & Emery successfully represented The Burnham Institute and Integra LifeSciences, obtaining a significant victory related to patent infringement in the context of biomedical research. On June 6, 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a holding that Merck KGaA directly infringed and

Debevoise & Plimpton represented Benfield Group Limited as U.S. counsel on its initial public offering. Benfield’s IPO, raising total proceeds of £157 million, was the largest on the London Stock Exchange this year, and the only offering on its main market. The shares were distributed in the United States to institutional investors in a Rule

Following two years as a partner with Allen & Overy in their Hong Kong projects group, the imminent return of internationally recognised banking and finance lawyer, Grant Fuzi, to Clayton Utz reflects the firm’s growing stature in the sector. Announcing Mr Fuzi’s August return, the head of the Clayton Utz’ Banking & Finance group Brian

Pillsbury Winthrop LLP is pleased to announce that Deborah J. Ludewig was the recipient of the organization’s first-ever Service Award, bestowed last week at ceremonies held by the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE). The FWE is the premier entrepreneurial service organization for women building and leading high-growth technology and life science companies. Between January 1999

Herbert Smith has advised HBOS on the third and largest issue so far from its master trust Mound Financing – the first since February 2001. The firm gave advice in connection with the securitisation of a portfolio, comprising English and Scottish residential mortgages, under the Mound structure. This was one of the most significant mortgage

Corey Field, associate in the Litigation Department and member of the Intellectual Property Group at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, has recently been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. and has been appointed to the organization’s Executive Committee. The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. is the leading

A team from Hammonds has advised Sandwell Council on the innovative £40m c/PLEX arts and technology project in West Bromwich which will be a major part of Sandwell’s emerging Learning and Cultural Quarter. c/PLEX is the flagship project of the £250 million regeneration of West Bromwich town centre. Due to open in 2005, the landmark